Photon-Counting Image Sensors
Eric Fossum
Photon-Counting Image Sensors - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017 - 1 electronic resource (XII, 366 p.)
Open Access
Photon-counting image sensors represent a possible paradigm shift in solid-state image sensors. In these devices, photons are individually sensed and counted. To count photons, the devices must have high quantum efficiency, deep sub-electron read noise and the ability to read-out in digital form at high speed. This all-invited content from the top image sensor researchers around the world, reviews the state of the art of photon-counting image sensors in a variety of configurations, including CMOS image sensors and devices using avalanche multiplication, and for visible photons as well as higher energy photons such as ultraviolet and x-rays. New methods of creating image information from photon-counting image sensors is also described. This new emerging technology will have applications in low-light scientific imaging for aerospace and defense, and in the life sciences. It may also have applications in cryptography, communications, security cameras, 3D imaging and photography.
Creative Commons
English
9783038423751 9783038423744
avalanche photodetector Low-light image sensor Deep sub-electron read noise Single photon detection SPAD Photon-counting Image sensor Quanta image sensor
Photon-Counting Image Sensors - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017 - 1 electronic resource (XII, 366 p.)
Open Access
Photon-counting image sensors represent a possible paradigm shift in solid-state image sensors. In these devices, photons are individually sensed and counted. To count photons, the devices must have high quantum efficiency, deep sub-electron read noise and the ability to read-out in digital form at high speed. This all-invited content from the top image sensor researchers around the world, reviews the state of the art of photon-counting image sensors in a variety of configurations, including CMOS image sensors and devices using avalanche multiplication, and for visible photons as well as higher energy photons such as ultraviolet and x-rays. New methods of creating image information from photon-counting image sensors is also described. This new emerging technology will have applications in low-light scientific imaging for aerospace and defense, and in the life sciences. It may also have applications in cryptography, communications, security cameras, 3D imaging and photography.
Creative Commons
English
9783038423751 9783038423744
avalanche photodetector Low-light image sensor Deep sub-electron read noise Single photon detection SPAD Photon-counting Image sensor Quanta image sensor